--- title: "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Pico Iyer" description: "4 Neighborhood quotes by Pico Iyer. Plus more from Pico Iyer and more Neighborhood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/pico-iyer-1252_anything_in-japan-i-live-in-a-little-neighborhood_430184.jpg" --- > [In Japan, I live in a little neighborhood in the middle of nowhere. I don't have a bicycle or a car or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/in-japan-i-live-in-a-little-neighborhood-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-i/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/pico-iyer-1252_anything_in-japan-i-live-in-a-little-neighborhood_430184.jpg) > [One of the happier ironies of recent history is that even as Tibet is being wiped off the map in Tibet itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/one-of-the-happier-ironies-of-recent-history-is-that-even-as-tibet-is/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/pico-iyer-1252_alone_one-of-the-happier-ironies-of-recent-his_1129644.png) > [Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/not-having-a-car-gives-me-volumes-not-to-think-or-worry-about-and/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/pico-iyer-1252_about_not-having-a-car-gives-me-volumes-not-to_1383307.png) > [I take very seriously the sense of our living these days in a global neighborhood. And the first sensible thing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/i-take-very-seriously-the-sense-of-our-living-these-days-in-a-global/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/pico-iyer-1252_adventure_i-take-very-seriously-the-sense-of-our-l_2712604.png) ## Other authors on Neighborhood - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rodney-dangerfield-80610.jpg) Rodney Dangerfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/rodney-dangerfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendell-berry-94730.jpg) Wendell Berry 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/wendell-berry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fred-rogers-36077.jpg) Fred Rogers 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/fred-rogers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-carlin/) - [Sharon Zukin 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/sharon-zukin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-byrne-47075.jpg) Jane Byrne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/jane-byrne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ice-cube-43040.jpg) Ice Cube 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/ice-cube/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-w-bush/) ## More by Pico Iyer > [ \[The Dalai Lama\] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i-ve-made-every-concession-to/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/for-citizens-who-think-themselves-puppets-in-the-hands-of-their/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [The Dalai Lama would say that meditation is something that can help everyone. But he's aware that it can be misused or things can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-would-say-that-meditation-is-something-that-can-help/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [Like any traveler, I'm always looking for those experiences that are almost unique to any place, and watching films around Alaska of the skies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/like-any-traveler-i-m-always-looking-for-those-experiences-that-are/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [“When you're hurrying around too quickly," he had said, "there's a part of the world you can't see. If, for example, you're taking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/when-you-re-hurrying-around-too-quickly-he-had-said-there-s-a-part-of/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/we-travel-to-open-our-hearts-and-eyes-and-learn-more-about-the-world/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/the-dalai-lama-these-days-encourages-westerners-not-to-take-up/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/and-if-travel-is-like-love-it-is-in-the-end-mostly-because-it-s-a/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/as-soon-as-i-began-to-talk-to-dalai-lama-i-realized-that-chinese-and/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/when-we-are-kids-we-imagine-that-to-define-ourselves-or-to-find/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/a-writer-is-a-palmist-reading-the-lines-of-the-planet/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/in-barely-one-generation-we-ve-moved-from-exulting-in-the-time-saving/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [For centuries, Cubas greatest resource has been its people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/for-centuries-cubas-greatest-resource-has-been-its-people/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/writing-is-in-the-end-that-oddest-of-anomalies-an-intimate-letter-to/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) > [“Was it only through another that I could begin to get at myself?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/was-it-only-through-another-that-i-could-begin-to-get-at-myself/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/pico-iyer/#itemlist", "name": "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Pico Iyer", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Japan, I live in a little neighborhood in the middle of nowhere. 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